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The logic of a Thomson Reuters takeover of the Financial Times | Michael Wolff
It makes sense: the two titans of business information, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg, competing for a great news brandLet me follow a rumor in real time …My lunch companion, a senior executive at...
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Pearson reports 72% rise in profits
Ebook revenue growth helps push Pearson to pre-tax profit of £1bn for 2011Pearson has reported a 72% surge in pre-tax profits to £1.15bn for 2011, with ebook sales at Penguin more than doubling and...
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FT journalists vote to strike
Journalists on the Financial Times have voted by three to one to take strike action over their 2012 pay claim. The management had offered a rise of 2%, while retaining a third of the money set aside...
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FT journalists offered 3.5%, say management after strike vote
Updated 1pm: I reported yesterday that the National Union of Journalists' members at the Financial Times have voted to strike.In its press release, the NUJ stated that the FT had offered a rise of 2%....
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FT journalists urge Scardino to intervene in pay dispute
The industrial situation at the Financial Times is now looking quite serious.Journalists who have voted to strike over a pay offer - the details of which are disputed - have called on Marjorie Scardino...
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Pearson chief Marjorie Scardino paid almost £2.5m in 2011
Financial Times owner pays nearly £3.75m in bonuses to directors, according to the company's annual reportThe chief executive of Financial Times owner Pearson, Marjorie Scardino, was paid almost £2.5m...
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Marjorie Scardino reward package close to £10m last year
Chief executive of Pearson, the publishing group behind the Financial Times newspaper and Penguin books, received cash and share awards worth £9.6m last year, making her Britain's highest paid woman...
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FremantleMedia chief executive Tony Cohen steps down after 17 years
Producer of The X Factor and The Apprentice appoints Cecile Frot-Coutaz to run global TV operationsTony Cohen, the chief executive of FremantleMedia, the producer of shows including The X Factor and...
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Should Pearson, a giant multinational, be influencing our education policy?
Pearson, a business that sells education products and services, seems to be gaining an ever-growing influence on school life. But whose interests is the company promoting – students' or its...
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Financial Times hits back in new trademark clash with Times of India
A new battlefront has opened in the long war between the Financial Times and The Times of India over the use of the FT's trademarked name.The launch by the Times (TOI) of a new supplement called the...
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Penguin's deal to buy self-publishing giant ASI could 'mislead' new authors
Society of Authors warns that writers would have to give up rights and potential profits to win significant distribution dealsA leading authors' body has warned that Penguin's $116m (£73m) acquisition...
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Penguin profits slump, but ebook revenues rise 33%
Penguin parent Pearson blames success of Fifty Shades of Grey for 48% fall in operating profitProfits at the book publisher Penguin slumped by almost 50% in the first six months, thanks in part to the...
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How the Financial Times achieved a digital milestone
Five years ago I recall listening to the Financial Times's chief executive, John Ridding, as he outlined his paper's digital strategy. It was under way by then, of course, but the FT was moving faster...
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FT owners plan college for business degrees
Pearson aims to recruit 'the brightest and most entrepreneurial students'The company which owns the Financial Times is to set up its own college offering business degrees. Pearson said it aimed to...
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Dame Marjorie Scardino | MediaGuardian 100 2012
With a successful shift towards digital products and services under way, the Pearson chief has secured a £9.6m pay packageJob: chief executive, PearsonAge: 65Industry: publishing, education, digital...
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Pearson chief executive Marjorie Scardino to step down
John Fallon, head of international education division, to replace long-serving CEO of Financial Times and Penguin ownerDame Marjorie Scardino, one of the UK's highest-profile female corporate leaders,...
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Financial Times 'highly valued', says incoming Pearson chief
John Fallon, who will replace Marjorie Scardino at the end of the year, backs paper – but fails to rule out sell-offIncoming Pearson chief executive John Fallon has described the Financial Times as a...
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Marjorie Scardino's journalistic heart ensured the FT's safe haven
I cannot say I know Marjorie Scardino well. And I have little knowledge of her role as Pearson's chief executive. But in my informal talks with her she has made one thing abundantly clear: she has an...
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Financial Times sale could raise £1bn
Pearson's new CEO, John Fallon, says company is committed to FT, but City analyst predicts possible 'trophy hunt' by buyersPearson could offload the Financial Times for as much as £1bn in a "trophy...
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Could Rupert Murdoch buy Penguin or the FT Group from Pearson?
Majorie Scardino's departure as chief executive leaves the way open for new boss John Fallon to restructureEver since Dame Marjorie Scardino famously said that the Financial Times would be sold "over...
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